What It Is:Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs that narrows and inflames the airways. Asthma deals with shortness of breath, coughing, and problems with your lungs. Asthma mostly starts at young ages. People usually develop asthma at younger ages, but it can be developed later in life too. The prognosis of asthma is usually good.
Types of Asthma:
A Greek physician, Hippocrates, discovered the disease and named it ‘Asthma’. It was discovered between 460 and 357 BC, in Ancient Greece. There are different types of asthma: Allergic Asthma
Non-Allergic Asthma
Nocturnal Asthma Occupational Asthma
Child-Onset Asthma
Adult-Onset Asthma
Cough-Variant Asthma
Mixed Asthma and
Seasonal Asthma.
Inheritance:
Asthma does run in families but there is no specific gene to inherit. So, asthma will seem like it is inherited among families but necessarily isn't.
Symptoms and Treatment:
Asthma affects your lungs. It blocks or closes airways and causes less air to get to your lungs. Symptoms show up like breathing problems, coughing, wheezing, tiredness, shortness of breath and many other problems like that. The lining of airways become swollen and inflamed. Airway muscles tighten and the production of mucus is increased.
Ashtma cannot be cured but can be treated and controlled. Knowing what brings about your asthma can help out a lot. You should visit the doctor regularly and call with problems or questions. Also, take your medicine as directed. Inhalers and breathing machines are a big help with treating asthma. Asthma can also be treated with a pill form of medicine, but the inhaler allows the medicine to go straight to your lungs. Things like inhalers and breathing machines are called quick-relief medicines. More of long term medicines are the pill forms.
Frequency:
There will be at least one hundred million people with asthma in the next 15 years. More than 20 million people in the US have asthma. It seems like asthma shows up more in athletes than people in general. Asthma can come up everyday more than once or just every once in a while. It depends on if you have mild, moderate or severe asthma. More people 18 and under have asthma than 18-64. 65 and up is the least amount to have asthma. More females than males have asthma. And more African Americans have asthma than Caucasians.
Asthma
What It Is:Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs that narrows and inflames the airways. Asthma deals with shortness of breath, coughing, and problems with your lungs. Asthma mostly starts at young ages. People usually develop asthma at younger ages, but it can be developed later in life too. The prognosis of asthma is usually good.
Types of Asthma:
A Greek physician, Hippocrates, discovered the disease and named it ‘Asthma’. It was discovered between 460 and 357 BC, in Ancient Greece. There are different types of asthma: Allergic Asthma
Non-Allergic Asthma
Nocturnal Asthma Occupational Asthma
Child-Onset Asthma
Adult-Onset Asthma
Cough-Variant Asthma
Mixed Asthma and
Seasonal Asthma.
Inheritance:
Asthma does run in families but there is no specific gene to inherit. So, asthma will seem like it is inherited among families but necessarily isn't.
Symptoms and Treatment:
Asthma affects your lungs. It blocks or closes airways and causes less air to get to your lungs. Symptoms show up like breathing problems, coughing, wheezing, tiredness, shortness of breath and many other problems like that. The lining of airways become swollen and inflamed. Airway muscles tighten and the production of mucus is increased.
Ashtma cannot be cured but can be treated and controlled. Knowing what brings about your asthma can help out a lot. You should visit the doctor regularly and call with problems or questions. Also, take your medicine as directed. Inhalers and breathing machines are a big help with treating asthma. Asthma can also be treated with a pill form of medicine, but the inhaler allows the medicine to go straight to your lungs. Things like inhalers and breathing machines are called quick-relief medicines. More of long term medicines are the pill forms.
Frequency:
There will be at least one hundred million people with asthma in the next 15 years. More than 20 million people in the US have asthma. It seems like asthma shows up more in athletes than people in general. Asthma can come up everyday more than once or just every once in a while. It depends on if you have mild, moderate or severe asthma. More people 18 and under have asthma than 18-64. 65 and up is the least amount to have asthma. More females than males have asthma. And more African Americans have asthma than Caucasians.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/asthma_basics.html
http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/how-many-people-have-asthma/
http://www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/asthma-symptoms-types
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_allergy/levels.cfm
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asthstat.pdf
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